grant centauri said : > I suppose my aim would be to have a full install rather than a liveHD, > though I think a liveHD would be fine as well. > > I've been trying the CD boot and taking over from USB, but I'm not sure its > working correctly. Do I just add "live-media=/dev/sdc1" at the end of that > long line of the boot command?
Yes. But make sure /dev/sdc1 is the right device/partition. Maybe you need sdb1, sdd1, etc... > It booted fine, but seemed to still be using > the CD. I tried installing and got the same error as before. Maybe I typed > something wrong, so I'll give it another go. > > Is there any way to tell whether I'm running from the USB or not? When I > ran the mount command it showed the USB mounted as a normal drive at /media, in doubt, copy paste the output of mount here. > I assume that isn't correct. Perhaps this next try will work and there > won't be a problem. I assume the key was made with the provided script and tested on a machine with USB boot working (to be sure we're all good on that side). a. > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Karsten Gebbert said : > > > grant centauri said : > > > > I can sure give it a try. I don't know much about grub and booting, > > but I'm > > > > assuming adding those lines to my grub.cfg and putting the /live folder > > where > > > > its supposed to be under root should allow it to find the kernel and > > boot. I > > > > can use a USB, but I was wondering if I created a hdd partition and > > labeled it > > > > live-rw if that would work for persistence as well. > > > > > > > > > > definitely, any ext2 partition with that label will do (others: ext3 > > > will work too, right?). > > > > > > > I would be interested in trying the CD+USB boot/install possibility, > > but I'm > > > > not sure how that would work either. Something with editing the boot > > commands > > > > to look for the kernel on the USB device somehow? > > > > > > > > > > oh, my bad, I think I misunderstood. I'm not sure how that scenario > > > would work. > > > > > > > I'll try some things in the next day or so and report back on whether > > anything > > > > works. Thanks for the advice. > > > > > > > > > > > to add up on what dan and karsten already said... > > You can do any kind of combination of partitions, devices, media, etc > > ... > > > > It all depends on what your aim is, each method has pros and cons. If > > your aim is to have a full install on a specific partition and you > > cannot boot on USB and your CD is has issues, then booting on CD and > > taking over from USB is the best solution. > > > > a. > > > > > > > > > -grant > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Karsten Gebbert <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > grant centauri said : > > > > > hello, > > > > > > > > > > i've been having trouble with an old laptop and its CD drive. In > > order > > > > to even > > > > > get pure:dyne to boot I was forced to use a regular CD-R, and > > when trying > > > > to > > > > > install I get an I/O error. > > > > > > > > > > Instead of trying to burn another disc (I did successfully > > install on > > > > another > > > > > machine with it after all, plus I'm out of CD-Rs) I thought > > perhaps I'd > > > > try to > > > > > make a liveUSB and install from that. However, my machine is old > > enough > > > > that > > > > > it doesn't seem to want to boot from USB at all. So after a > > frustrating > > > > night, > > > > > I decided the easiest thing I could think of to get a puredyne > > realtime > > > > kernel > > > > > and start doing stuff was to grab the old leek and potato kernel > > on my > > > > already > > > > > running debian system and go from there. > > > > > > > > > > my goal was to get this laptop with a stable realtime setup so I > > can use > > > > it for > > > > > a performance next saturday. I could run just from the liveCD, > > but I > > > > don't > > > > > really want to chance something going wrong in the middle of a > > set. For > > > > now, > > > > > this solution seems okay, but I would like access to the newer > > software > > > > and > > > > > kernel. > > > > > > > > > > I guess I'm just bringing it up in case anyone had any solutions > > or work > > > > > arounds in case something like this happens to anyone else. > > > > > > > > > > I was thinking that perhaps I could make a partition on the drive > > to be a > > > > > liveHD install of C&C? It seemed like the make-live-device > > script > > > > wouldn't > > > > > work for that because of an issue where if I put /dev/sda3 it was > > trying > > > > to > > > > > create partitions /dev/sda31 and /dev/sda32. Perhaps there's a > > minor > > > > change to > > > > > the script that could be made to allow it to live on a partition > > of a > > > > drive? > > > > > Or perhaps there's another method to put the ISO somewhere and > > make it > > > > > bootable? It seemed like there was a way with leek&potato, but I > > wasn't > > > > sure > > > > > with C&C. > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > maybe you could mount the iso on a loop, and cp the /live folder to > > > > your root and boot everything using grub. I think there is an > > example > > > > for the config in the iso in the extra folder. then you could use a > > > > usb stick with a ext2 partition (and 'live-rw' label!) as your > > > > persistence medium. > > > > > > > > would that work/help? > > > > > > > > greetings, > > > > > > > > karsten > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAktmqVEACgkQJYU9qnGdnMcwawCgoboSHdroyga8XKVqOGdGXPoP > > > > tYMAn2S5K+V6/pjsTdf78R1WcQloTljK > > > > =m8i5 > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > --- > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > [email protected] > > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > > > > --- > > [email protected] > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
